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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the mine.''
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The '''B4M''' is a French high-explosive (HE) ship-laid naval mine.
  
 
=== Effective damage ===
 
=== Effective damage ===
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This mine, being an underwater naval type, produces a strong high-explosive overpressure. Due to the ability to drop the mine on ground targets as a bomb, the steel casing can also contribute some shrapnel effect.
  
 
=== Comparison with analogues ===
 
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== Usage in battles ==
 
== Usage in battles ==
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The prescribed usage of this mine is against steel-hulled naval craft. As a mine, it can be laid in choke points, capture points or in front of advancing enemy ships. Direct hits aren't required to generate hits, but due to the fusing of the mine, it will explode if a ship is directly struck, dealing a large amount of damage. Note that this is a magnetic mine and wooden-hulled craft will most likely not set it off, so it is not effective against denying small craft access to capture points, for instance.
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The mine can also be used as a bomb in Ground RB and Air AB/RB. This gives planes able to carry it extra damage potential.
  
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
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'''Pros:'''
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* Can be used as a bomb against ground targets with good effectiveness
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* Useful for trapping ships in various choke points
  
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'''Cons:'''
 
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* Being a naval mine, it requires a direct hit or near miss to detonate
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== History ==
 
== History ==
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== Media ==
 
== Media ==
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
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* ''reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;''
 
* ''reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;''
 
* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
 
* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
  
 
== External links ==
 
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* www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMFR_Mines.php
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{{Naval mines}}
 
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[[Category:Naval special armaments]]
 
[[Category:Naval special armaments]]

Revision as of 01:09, 28 June 2023

Description

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

The B4M is a French high-explosive (HE) ship-laid naval mine.

Effective damage

Mine characteristics
Mass
Explosive mass (TNT eq.)
HE max penetration
Armour destruction radius
Fragment dispersion radius

This mine, being an underwater naval type, produces a strong high-explosive overpressure. Due to the ability to drop the mine on ground targets as a bomb, the steel casing can also contribute some shrapnel effect.

Comparison with analogues

Give a comparative description of mines that have firepower equal to this weapon.

Usage in battles

The prescribed usage of this mine is against steel-hulled naval craft. As a mine, it can be laid in choke points, capture points or in front of advancing enemy ships. Direct hits aren't required to generate hits, but due to the fusing of the mine, it will explode if a ship is directly struck, dealing a large amount of damage. Note that this is a magnetic mine and wooden-hulled craft will most likely not set it off, so it is not effective against denying small craft access to capture points, for instance.

The mine can also be used as a bomb in Ground RB and Air AB/RB. This gives planes able to carry it extra damage potential.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Can be used as a bomb against ground targets with good effectiveness
  • Useful for trapping ships in various choke points

Cons:

  • Being a naval mine, it requires a direct hit or near miss to detonate

History

Media

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

  • reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;
  • references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

  • www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMFR_Mines.php


Naval mines
USA  ‎Type A Mark I*
Germany  ‎EMC · ‎EMF · ‎UDM-E
USSR  KB-1 pattern 1931 mine · KB-3 pattern 1940 · MIRAB · YAM-43
Britain  Type M Mark I
Japan  Mk.6 mod1 · ‎Type 93 mod1
Italy  ‎Bollo P.125/1932 · ‎Bollo P.200/1936
France  B4M
  *  = Aircraft-laid

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